Sun protection in renal transplant recipients: Urgent need for education

Dermatology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-97

  Szepietowski, Jacek C ^a,b   Reich, Adam ^a   Nowicka, Danuta ^a   Wȩgłowska, Jolanta ^c   Szepietowski, Tomasz ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology Venereology and Allergology ^*  (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Regional Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Renal transplant recipients; Skin cancer; Sun protection

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECIPIENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUNLIGHT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLAND; PROBABILITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 23844464930     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086435     Document Type: Article

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